The United States conducted a mid-flight over the territory of Ukraine within the framework of the Open Skies Treaty. This was stated in the US Department of Defense.
According to the Pentagon, US and its allies have spent flying over Ukraine, with the aim of “to support the US commitment to help Ukraine and other partner countries”. The United States is determined to maintain the security of the European countries, added to the US Department of Defense.
The US military said, what “unprovoked attack Russian border guards on Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait is an act dangerous escalation”. Russia provokes other countries and poses a threat to Ukrainian, and not only, security. The United States is seeking to improve relations with Russia, but this is impossible as long, as it continues its illegal and destabilizing actions in Ukraine, as well as in other regions of the world.
Meanwhile, in Kiev arrived US Deputy Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper. The goal of the American official's visit to Ukraine is called “consultations with senior officials of Ukraine on the modernization of Ukrainian armed forces”. Not having to get off the plane, Laura Cooper “He underlined support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and to condemn Russian aggression”.
